PPSC Ziladar Punjab Irrigation Department Past Paper 2020 Solved Solved MCQs

Correct Answer: Willow

Willow wood, specifically English Willow, is traditionally used to make professional cricket bats due to its lightweight and shock-absorbing properties.

Correct Answer: Chile

The General Cemetery of Santiago is one of the largest cemeteries in Latin America, located in Santiago, the capital of Chile.

Correct Answer: Tunisia

Carthage was an ancient Phoenician city-state located in present-day Tunisia, famous for its wars against the Roman Empire.

Correct Answer: Germany

The Gestapo was the official secret state police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

Correct Answer: Finland

Nokia is a multinational telecommunications, IT, and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Correct Answer: Hong Kong

Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, operating from its main hub at Hong Kong International Airport.

Correct Answer: Taiwan

The island of Taiwan was historically known as Formosa, a name given by Portuguese explorers meaning 'beautiful island'.

Correct Answer: Spain

The Basílica de la Sagrada Família is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Antoni Gaudí.

Correct Answer: Greeks

The ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions among representatives of city-states of Ancient Greece, held in honor of Zeus.

Correct Answer: 1945

The United Nations was officially established on October 24, 1945, after World War II, to prevent future global conflicts.

Correct Answer: New York

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is headquartered in New York City, USA.

Correct Answer: Republic of Korea

The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is not a member of ASEAN, though it is a partner in the ASEAN Plus Three framework.

Correct Answer: Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain, serving as the political, economic, and cultural center of the country.

Correct Answer: Both A & C

Shinto and Buddhism are Japan's two major religions. Many Japanese consider themselves to be adherents of both.

Correct Answer: 10th December

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Correct Answer: Bhutan

Archery was declared the national sport of Bhutan in 1971, when it became a member of the United Nations.

Correct Answer: Green Land

Greenland is the world's largest island by area, not counting continents like Australia.

Correct Answer: Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania and is the highest mountain in Africa.

Correct Answer: South Africa

The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

Correct Answer: Canada

The Great Bear Lake is the largest lake entirely within Canada and the eighth largest in the world.

Correct Answer: FATA (KPK)

Gomal Zam Dam is situated in the South Waziristan district, which was formerly part of FATA and is now merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).

Correct Answer: Sindh

Nai Gaj Dam is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Gaj River in the Dadu district of Sindh.

Correct Answer: Quetta

Hanna Lake is a picturesque lake located near Urak Valley, about 14 kilometers from Quetta in Balochistan.

Correct Answer: Both A and B

The Narmada River and the St. Lawrence River both form estuaries when they reach the sea rather than traditional sediment deltas.

Correct Answer: Meteorites

A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet or asteroid, that survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach Earth's surface.

Correct Answer: France

The English Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

Correct Answer: London

The first Round Table Conference was inaugurated by King George V on November 12, 1930, in London.

Correct Answer: Charles Cornwallis

Lord Charles Cornwallis introduced reforms that laid the foundation for the structured civil services in British India.

Correct Answer: Bengal

The Bengal Presidency under the British East India Company was vast and included the regions of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and parts of Assam.

Correct Answer: Syed Ahmad Khan

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the Scientific Society of Aligarh in 1864 to translate Western scientific works into Urdu.

Correct Answer: Act of 1935

The 1937 provincial elections were mandated by the Government of India Act 1935, which expanded provincial autonomy.

Correct Answer: Quaid-e-Azam

Sarojini Naidu gave Muhammad Ali Jinnah the title 'Ambassador of Hindu-Muslim Unity' for his efforts in forging the Lucknow Pact of 1916.

Correct Answer: 16th October, 1905

The Partition of Bengal, initiated by Lord Curzon to improve administrative efficiency, officially took effect on 16 October 1905.

Correct Answer: Ayub Khan

The Indus Water Treaty was brokered by the World Bank and signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960, by President Ayub Khan and PM Jawaharlal Nehru.

Correct Answer: 9

Though it started with 7 initial members, it was quickly expanded to 9 to form the complete first cabinet of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: October 08, 2005

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Kashmir region on October 8, 2005, causing immense destruction and loss of life.

Correct Answer: Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso was appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan on March 25, 2013, to oversee the general elections.

Correct Answer: Aziz Ahmad

The agreement was signed by Kamal Hossain (Bangladesh), Swaran Singh (India), and Aziz Ahmad (Minister of State for Defense and Foreign Affairs, Pakistan).

Correct Answer: Bahawalpur

Derawar Fort is a large square fortress located in Ahmadpur East Tehsil, Bahawalpur District in the Cholistan Desert of Punjab, Pakistan.

Correct Answer: 1973

The 1973 Constitution established a bicameral parliament for the first time in Pakistan, consisting of the National Assembly and the Senate.

Correct Answer: Iskander Mirza

Iskander Mirza served as the fourth and final Governor-General of Pakistan from August 1955 to March 1956 (about 7 months) before becoming President.

Correct Answer: Punjabi

Punjabi is the most widely spoken native language in Pakistan, spoken as a first language by over 40% of the population.

Correct Answer: Ch. Muhammad Ali

The 'Emergence of Pakistan' is a well-known historical book authored by Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, the 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Correct Answer: None of these

Currently (as of 2024), Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah serves as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.

Correct Answer: None of these

As of current facts, Jameel Ahmad is the Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan. None of the listed historic options are correct.

Correct Answer: Iron

Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, followed by Iron as the second most abundant.

Correct Answer: Crust

Geology deals heavily with Earth's outer solid layer, the crust, investigating its rocky structure and history.

Correct Answer: Hygrometer

A hygrometer is an instrument primarily used in meteorological science to measure the humidity, or amount of water vapor in the air.

Correct Answer: Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, a safer alternative to liquid nitroglycerin.

Correct Answer: 300,000 km/s

The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792 kilometers per second, often rounded to 300,000 km/s in basic physics calculations.

Correct Answer: Femur

The femur, or thigh bone, is structurally designed to support the entire weight of the body and is the longest and strongest bone.

Correct Answer: 1,048,576

Since Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel worksheets support a maximum grid size of 1,048,576 rows and 16,384 columns.

Correct Answer: 1024 bytes

In computing logic heavily based on binary math, one Kilobyte (KB) traditionally refers to 1,024 bytes (2^10 bytes).

Correct Answer: Tim Berners Lee

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN.

Correct Answer: CPU

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) relies on the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) for calculations and the Control Unit (CU) to execute instructions.

Correct Answer: Output Devices

Speakers take digital audio signals from the computer and convert them into physical sound waves, making them output devices.

Correct Answer: CTRL + ]

The keyboard shortcut 'Ctrl + ]' incrementally increases the selected text's font size by 1 point in MS Word.

Correct Answer: Home

The 'Multilevel List' feature, useful for outlines and sub-lists, is housed in the Paragraph group under the 'Home' tab.

Correct Answer: Binary

Computers process and store all data at the hardware level as binary code, which uses a two-symbol system of 0s and 1s.

Correct Answer: Page Layout

The 'Print Titles' command, used to repeat row or column headings on every printed page, is located under the 'Page Layout' tab.

Correct Answer: CTRL + X

'CTRL + X' is the universal Windows shortcut command used to cut selected text or files, transferring them to the clipboard.

Correct Answer: 57

9.5 multiplied by 6 yields 57 (9 * 6 = 54; 0.5 * 6 = 3; 54 + 3 = 57).

Correct Answer: 7

According to the provided solution, resolving the parenthesis first: 3(2)=6. Then 12 ÷ 6 = 2. Adding 5 + 2 gives 7.

Correct Answer: 20 m

B takes 45s for 100m. In the 36s that A finishes, B travels (100/45)*36 = 80m. Thus, A beats B by 20m.

Correct Answer: 5

Cost of 6 toffees is Rs 1. To gain 20%, Selling Price = Rs 1.20 for 6. To find how many for Re 1: 6 / 1.20 = 5 toffees.

Correct Answer: 4000

Total increase = 5% + 12% = 17%. So, 1.17 * Price = 4680, making the market price 4680 / 1.17 = 4000.

Correct Answer: 52:53

Let Cost Price be 100. Selling prices are 104 and 106. Ratio is 104:106, which simplifies to 52:53.

Correct Answer: 62.5

If bucket capacity is 2/5, then you need the reciprocal (5/2) number of buckets to fill the same volume: 25 * 5/2 = 62.5.

Correct Answer: 34.6

Sum = Average × Count. Therefore, 6.92 × 5 = 34.6.

Correct Answer: 25

√729 is 27, √441 is 21. 27 - 21 = 6. Thus, 6 = √? + 1. Therefore, √? = 5, making ? = 25.

Correct Answer: 6

In geometry, a hexagon is a polygon possessing exactly six sides and six vertices.

Correct Answer: 40

The series adds perfect squares: 11+4=15, 15+9=24, 24+16=40, 40+25=65.

Correct Answer: To praise

'Vilify' means to speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner. Its natural antonym is to praise.

Correct Answer: Solemn

'Jocular' means fond of or characterized by joking; humorous. The antonym is 'solemn', meaning formal and dignified.

Correct Answer: A brief discussion

'Small talk' refers to polite, brief conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters.

Correct Answer: To come to nothing

The idiom 'to end in smoke' means that a plan or effort yields no positive results; it comes to nothing.

Correct Answer: Remonstrate

To 'inveigh' means to speak or write about (something) with great hostility, making 'remonstrate' the closest synonym.

Correct Answer: We do not like sweets

The active voice equivalent of the present indefinite passive 'are not liked' is the active 'do not like'.

Correct Answer: Victory

'Victory' is the correct spelling for an act of defeating an enemy or opponent.

Correct Answer: Were

In hypothetical subjunctive conditional clauses, 'were' is universally utilized for all subjects instead of 'was'.

Correct Answer: He wanted to know who spoke French

In indirect speech, the present indefinite tense 'speaks' changes to the past indefinite tense 'spoke'.

Correct Answer: By

The preposition 'by' is standard English usage when referring to general means of transport (e.g., by bus, by car, by bike).

Correct Answer: کثرت

قلت کا مطلب کمی ہے اور اس کا متضاد کثرت ہے جس کا مطلب زیادتی ہے۔

Correct Answer: فیض احمد فیض

سرِ وادیِ سینا فیض احمد فیض کی مشہور کتاب اور ان کا شعری مجموعہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: حملہ کرنا یا ٹوٹ پڑنا

پل پڑنا کا مطلب ہے اچانک پوری طاقت سے کسی پر حملہ آور ہونا۔

Correct Answer: مایوسی کی حالت

امید ٹوٹنے یا شرمندہ ہونے کو اردو محاورے میں 'اوس پڑنا' کہا جاتا ہے۔

Correct Answer: فعل مضارع

قواعد میں فعل مضارع وہ فعل ہوتا ہے جس میں بیک وقت حال اور مستقبل دونوں زمانوں کا مفہوم پایا جائے۔

Correct Answer: اسم جامد

وہ اسم جو نہ خود کسی لفظ سے بنا ہو اور نہ اس سے کوئی اور لفظ بنے اسم جامد کہلاتا ہے جیسے اینٹ، پتھر۔

Correct Answer: دریا میں رہنا اور مگر مچھ سے بیر

درست ضرب المثل 'دریا میں رہنا اور مگر مچھ سے بیر' ہے جس کا مطلب ہے کہ کسی طاقتور کے علاقے میں رہ کر اسی سے دشمنی کرنا۔

Correct Answer: فیض احمد فیض

ہارٹ اٹیک فیض احمد فیض کی ایک مشہور اور حساس نظم ہے۔

Correct Answer: مجروح سلطانپوری

یہ مشہور شعر عظیم بھارتی شاعر و نغمہ نگار مجروح سلطانپوری کا تخلیق کردہ ہے۔

Correct Answer: ترقی پسند تحریک

ڈاکٹر اختر حسین رائے پوری ایک مارکسسٹ مفکر تھے اور ان کا تعلق انجمن ترقی پسند مصنفین سے تھا۔

Correct Answer: Hazrat Khadija (R.A)

Hazrat Khadija (R.A) was the wife of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and holds the distinction of being the first person globally to accept Islam.

Correct Answer: Tauheed

In Islam, 'Shirk' is the sin of idolatry or polytheism. Its absolute theological opposite is 'Tauheed', meaning the indivisible oneness of God.

Correct Answer: Surah Al-Naml

Surah Al-Naml (Chapter 27 of the Quran) translates to 'The Ant', named after the ants whose conversation was heard by Prophet Solomon.

Correct Answer: Kiswa

The Kiswa is the cloth that drapes the Kaaba in Mecca, historically changed annually on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.

Correct Answer: To stop

The name Zamzam originates from the phrase Zomë Zomë, meaning 'stop flowing', commanded by Hajar (A.S) to contain the spring water.

Correct Answer: 2210

Hazrat Ayesha (R.A) is credited with narrating 2,210 Ahadith, making her one of the most prolific Muhaddithat in Islamic scholarship.

Correct Answer: Hazrat Ibrahim (A.S)

Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) is frequently referred to as Khalil-Ullah in Islam, translating to 'Friend of God', denoting his immense faith.

Correct Answer: Badr

The Battle of Badr, the first major military victory for Muslims against the Quraysh, took place on 17 Ramadan, 2 A.H.